CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered to be the most important season of the Christian
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruling that permits President Donald Trump to use a centuries-old wartime authority to speed deportations is drawing sharp criticism from immigration experts who fear the decision could erode migrants’ due process rights to have their cases reviewed before they’re sent to a foreign prison. The court’s
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Unified School District Board of Education selected a search firm to assist in the process for hiring a new Superintendent of Schools. PSUSD is seeking to find a replacement for current Superintendent Dr. Tonatiuh ‘Tony’ Signoret who will retire from the district on June 30. District officials
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Boston Marathon terror attack. On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured at least 264. Facts The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the marathon’s finish line on Boylston Street. According to Richard
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The legendary blink-182 is coming to Acrisure Arena in the Greater Palm Springs area later this year. The multi-platinum, award-winning band is set to perform at Acrisure Arena on Saturday, October 4. Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker’s Missionary Impossible Tour follows the release of their latest album One
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a waiver of environmental regulations today to speed up construction of more than two miles of border wall in San Diego County. The waiver is the first under the new administration, which will forgo laws such as the National Environmental Policy
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully stopped an effort by fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely. But her House Democratic partners made clear Tuesday that they still want that vote — even if it’s now symbolic.
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A mother and her three children are on their way back home to New York following their detention by immigration enforcement officials last month at a dairy farm, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The third grader, two teenagers and their mother, who have not been named publicly,
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Update 4/8/25 A driver suffered critical injuries and another was hospitalized for pain-related complaints, police confirmed. Police said a vehicle was traveling southbound when “‘it lost control and rear-ended a vehicle stopped at a red light,” Araiza said. The cause of the crash was under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the accident was urged to
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — As economic fears escalate, Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team are making a frantic push Tuesday to convince GOP hardliners to fall in line on a critical House vote this week that will allow Congress to finally move ahead on President Donald Trump’s
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two months before he was set to go on trial for the 2022 murder plot. Appearing in a federal courtroom in Maryland, Nicholas Roske, 29, entered a guilty plea for the single charge he faces: attempting
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By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to keep several thousand probationary federal employees it is attempting to fire off the payroll while lower courts weigh whether the downsizing efforts are legal, the latest in a series of wins for the White
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — South Sudan has reversed its decision to deny entry to a man it said was a Congolese national deported by the United States after Washington imposed a blanket visa ban on South Sudanese citizens. In a dramatic U-turn on Tuesday, South Sudan’s foreign ministry said the government had chosen
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By Marshall Cohen and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service finalized an agreement Monday to provide sensitive taxpayer data to federal immigration authorities as part of President Donald Trump’s deportation push, according to court filings. As part of the deal, the IRS agreed to turn over
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — President Donald Trump was speaking to reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Monday when he made a surprise announcement: Direct nuclear talks are underway between the United States and Iran and a “very big meeting” will take place on Saturday.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the annual income tax filing deadline in the United States. April 15, 2025, is the deadline to file 2024 income tax returns. In fiscal year 2023, the IRS amassed more than $4.69 trillion in gross tax collections. Where Do The Taxes Go? (Source: Center on Budget
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine. Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian forces fighting in the Donetsk region obtained the Chinese nationals’ documents, bank cards and personal data. “We have information
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By Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke of Sussex arrived at a London court on Tuesday to challenge the British government’s decision to downgrade his level of taxpayer-funded security while he is visiting the United Kingdom. After Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced they were stepping down
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican governors and lawmakers in more than a dozen states are tapping into Elon Musk’s brand, borrowing from his Department of Government Efficiency’s approach — and in many cases, its name — to draw attention to their own bids to slash spending. The state efforts have been slower to
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Tuesday slammed US Vice President JD Vance for his comments about “Chinese peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background. Speaking to Fox News last Thursday, Vance defended President Donald
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